Indiana Real Estate Managing Broker Eligibility requirements

Follow these steps in order. Deadlines and affiliation requirements can make a passed exam unusable if they are missed.

1. 1

   Hold an active Indiana broker license for three years

   Entry was the 90-hour Pearson path. Confirm live counting rules with PLA. Unassigned/inactive years may not count the way you hope.

2. 2

   Complete the 24-hour managing-broker course

   Commission-approved. Upload the certificate on the Managing Broker Eligibility action item. Not the 30-hour postlicensing and not the 4-hour CE slice.

3. 3

   Sit Pearson ReIN-Broker ($55) and upload the pass sheet

   PLA: this is the broker exam. 145 questions, 240 minutes, scaled 75. Then the designation can attach. IdentoGO if new prints are required.

Minimum age

18 years old

Identification

A Social Security number is required. An ITIN is not confirmed as a substitute.

Residency and identification

At least three years of active Indiana broker licensure (PLA Managing Broker Eligibility Information). Confirm any out-of-state years in writing with PLA before paying for the 24-hour course; the live sentence is "in the State of Indiana."

Qualifying education

PLA: complete a 24-hour managing broker course, upload the certificate, ensure Education History is updated. This sits on top of the 90-hour entry broker course already completed. Confirm live hour counts on the PLA managing-broker page before paying a school that quotes a different number. The 24 is not the 30-hour postlicensing (that was due in the first two years of the broker license) and not the 4-hour annual managing-broker CE slice.

Character review

Same Commission character review as entry brokers. Positive-response documentation if any criminal-history / discipline question is yes.

Background process

IdentoGO after application if new prints are required. Pre-application prints still do not count.

Experience

At least 3 years of active broker licensure in the State of Indiana (PLA). Confirm live counting rules (full-time vs. licensed-time, unassigned vs. active) with PLA before treating inactive years as qualifying.

Broker affiliation

A managing broker may qualify a broker company ($50 original) and hold associated brokers. Firm licensure is a separate PLA object: articles of incorporation/existence plus a designated managing broker who holds Managing Broker Eligibility. Notify PLA of any managing-broker change at pla5@pla.in.gov. Branch offices designate an associated broker or the managing broker as branch manager; no branch fee on the live table.

Pearson VUE, same ReIN-Broker series as entry (handbook #091500). PLA: "This is the Broker Exam." · Fee: $55

Same $55 ReIN-Broker sitting as entry. PLA emails Pearson registration information after the Managing Broker Eligibility application. Upload the pass sheet when you have it. Do not invent a second series. If PLA later publishes a different bulletin, read that bulletin; until then the table is ReIN-Broker 145 / 240 / 75 / $55.

These are commission or testing-vendor amounts we can cite. School tuition and optional preparation products are private-market prices.

Pearson $55 is the ReIN-Broker sitting PLA requires for this designation. Broker license renewal remains $60 every three years. Company original $50. Confirm any separate managing-broker eligibility fee on the live MyLicense One cart — the published PLA table prices Broker / Broker Company / Instructor, not a third "managing broker license" dollar, because this is eligibility on an existing broker license.

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  Skipping Pearson because a blog said "course only"

  PLA's own managing-broker page: take and pass an examination through Pearson VUE. This is the Broker Exam. Handbook table: ReIN-Broker 145 / $55.

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  Importing an Illinois managing-broker certificate

  Different regulator, different hour count, different vendor, different base-license history rule.

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  Fingerprinting before the managing-broker application

  Same invalid-if-dated-before-application rule as entry. Wait for PLA.

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  Counting the 24-hour course as the 4-hour annual managing-broker CE

  876 IAC 7-5-2 is a per-CE-year slice after you function as a managing broker. The 24 is original eligibility education.

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  Treating unassigned or inactive years as the three-year clock

  PLA says hold an active broker license for at least 3 years in Indiana. Confirm counting rules in writing before you pay for the 24.

PLA endorsement, if any, is published by the Commission. An Illinois managing-broker certificate is not an Indiana managing-broker designation. Out-of-state brokers typically endorse into the Indiana broker license (state portion) first, then later meet the three-year-in-Indiana plus 24-hour path unless PLA writes otherwise for your file.

Does Indiana issue a salesperson license?

No. Entry is broker. This page is managing-broker eligibility, a later designation on that broker license.

Is there a second Pearson exam?

PLA and handbook #091500 both point at ReIN-Broker — 145 questions, 240 minutes, $55, scaled 75 — plus a 24-hour course and three years. It is the broker exam again, not a new series, and not "course only."

Is this Illinois managing broker?

No. Illinois sits on a broker-entry base at IDFPR with PSI and a 45-hour course. Indiana is broker-only with Pearson at entry and again for this designation, 24 hours, three years in Indiana.

What CE applies once I am a managing broker?

Still 12 hours per July 1–June 30 CE year, but 4 of those 12 must be managing-broker CE in any CE year you function as a managing broker for any period of time (876 IAC 7-5-2). The 24-hour pre-designation course is not that 4-hour slice.

Do I need a company license?

To hold other brokers you need a broker company ($50 original) with a designated managing broker who holds this eligibility. A sole-proprietor managing broker is a different hang. Branch offices have no application fee on the live table.